Would this be an okay computer to host a Minecraft server for myself and 2 friends?
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should be if it has the 3.2 Ghz processor , and you add 2gb more ram , and a upgraded graphics card with 1 gb ram onboard. The cards are as low as $35.00.The ram is not real expensive either. This tower has fantastic cooling and is very quiet.
3843
I upgraded mine with: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, Pentium D 945 (BIOS A11), 4GB DDR2 533MHz RAM (Max), Intel Solid-state drive, SATA3 Port Card, GTX 650 Ti Boosted 2GB Graphics Card, and a 450W Power Supply. All of that coupled with Ethernet connection and this computer has smoothly ran any game I have thrown at it with the settings maxed out! It's awesome. I don't know if this helps for your question.
147982
Typically speaking yes, but since mine craft is so GPU demanding I would advise running quad sli with your pentium 4 CPU.
56368
Yes silly.... and it will be good for 3 computers....if that is the Version you buy.
493713
Concur this is not a gaming server. Potential is you were using is as a gaming server, but even then doubtful it would be would be what you want. I use it to host esxi with virtual machines for Solaris, WIndows XP, WIndows 7, Kali Linux (Backtrack), Centos and RHEL 6.4 for a home lab.
620375
I've run Hyper-V on this box, but I would not recommend. Limited RAM & CPU for much more than small biz server. But for a desktop for personal VMs, it's a good solid box. I upgraded the ram and added HD. You'll want to have your OS of choice on a bootable USB drive as there is no DVD drive in the base config.
1419665
It would not be worth it. You would have to add a video card and a sound card memory and change the processor, it also doesnot come with software. It makes a great home server. Not a media player.
221784
My son plays minecraft on it all the time. It is a good computer for gaming.
1927465
Yes it will, smoothly. Minecraft is not a really demanding game graphic wise so yes.
1409153
The capacity of this computer is way bigger then playing minecraft, im sure it can run it very very smothly on high settings.
1823373
I built servers with the 2 boards i bought. They are rock stable with 8350's in them running vm's, with 32gb's ram in each. I am using on board video
1771907
No, this is a NAS, aka a file server, it doesn't have the processing power for a gaming server, particularly a minecraft server ( I am assuming from the username ). You would do better with something of this sort :http://www.amazon.com/Dell-PowerEdge-2850-3-0GHz-Gigabit/dp/B005F0M9D6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid;=1352252881&sr;=8-6&keywords;=server
233814
Minecraft is more memory hungry than processor hungry. Given that information, the processor should be more than capable of hosting that sort of minecraft server. Cheers.
578155
yes. but you need to have a firm grasp of router programing, and server OS operation. This will work best for a small group of friends that want to play locally, no more than ten unless you upgrade the hardware more.
370703
This is as close to a desktop as you can get with a laptop(well Falcon but pricier). This should easily handle everything you listed. I would suggest a solid state drive as well if you are concerned about power and speed.
842180
You can play dead island on this. You'll be able to play minecraft on highest settings.
257095
Few servers come with an OS out of the box. Win Server 2011 is fifty bucks here. You'll also be smart to throw in more RAM. If you are not used to tearing apart PC's or working with routers and switches, this machine is on the end of the tech cycle and probably not the best toy for you, unless you want to learn a LOT.
493711
This is not a gaming server. It can be very loud and is not optimized for gaming performance. Your best bet would be to find a barebones kit from tiger direct.